One more answer from the White House of U.S.A.
OUR VIEWS ON HISTORY CREATE THE PRESENT DAY REALITY
Newsgroups: alt.politics, alt.politics.bush, misc.education
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:38:21 -0700
Local: Sat, Sep 8 2007 11:38 am
Subject: Re: Why are schools *STILL* not teaching the true history of Columbus?!
ultim...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Christopher Columbus was a murderer, a savage, and the one who
> launched the biggest Holocaust the world has ever seen, even bigger
> than Hitler's or Stalin's. What really angers me is that in this day
> and age, schools are *STILL* teaching Columbus was some hero. I can
> understand maybe in the 1950s since it was a time of racism and
> ignorance, but NOW?! There is no excuse for this!
How we see the history, teaches us to see the world today: the
different options that we have, the different roles that we can take
as humans. So in a way we take as a model to ourselves the things that
we see in the history, especially those things that were its major
forces. So it is best to see the rationality in history and to take
that to be a model for ourselves and not the savage-likedness. There
are similar things in the world today and we try to solve them via
rationally protecting the valuable human lives and disappearing
cultures with all their wisdom.
Hannele Tervola, Finland, Europe
(ei aihetta)
comments@whitehouse.gov
8. syyskuuta 2007 12:17
Vastaanottajat: hannele.tervola@gmail.com
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your correspondence.
We appreciate hearing your views and welcome your suggestions.
Due to the large volume of e-mail received, the White House cannot respond to every message.
Thank you again for taking the time to write.
Email: Hannele.Tervola@gmail.com